The Cretan Bull was originally sent to King Minos of Crete by Poseidon and intended for sacrifice. Minos, however, chose to keep the bull as he was ensnared by its beauty and sacrificed an ...

The Cretan bull was originally sent by the sea-god Poseidon specifically to be sacrificed by King Minos. Despite his promise to do so, the king, taken by the awesome savage beauty of the beast ...

Despite no cranium on the Greek hero, the statue included details from Hercules’ mythic 12 labors, including the skin of the Nemean lion and the severed head of the Cretan bull.